Tale of the Soldier

Artist: Karel Dujardin (Dutch, 1622–1678)

ca. 1650–60

European Art

Not on view
Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

35 1/4 × 31 1/2 in. (89.5 × 80 cm)

Credit Line

Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Class of 1913, Fund

Accession Number

1966.84

Culture

Dutch

Period

17th century

Classification

Paintings

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Provenance
Sale Johan van der Marck Aegidiusz., Amsterdam, 25 August 1773, no. 497 (50 guilders to Yver, as manner of Du Jardin: "Een fraaye Ordinantie"); sale Amsterdam (Van der Schely, Spaan), 6 August 1810, no. 51 (385 guilders to van Yperen; description refers to a young officer and two "savoijards"); sale Warnar Wreesman Borghartz., Amsterdam (Van der Schely, De Vries), 11 April 1816, no. 92 to Roos (280 guilders to Roos); sale Amsterdam (Wreesman) (Roos, De Vries, Brondgeest), 17 August 1818, no. 26 (176 guilders to Hulswit); possible sale Amsterdam (De Vries, Roos), 26-28 November 1827, no. 28 (200 guilders to Broudgeest; canvas, 241.6 x 215.9 cm, dimensions make it very difficult to accept this as part of provenance); sale Leonardus Nardus et al., Amsterdam (Muller), 27 November 1917, no. 59 (1,600 guilders; canvas 89 x 80 cm, entitled "Une explication"; catalogue notes by Cornelius Hofstede de Groot: 'Ja'); dealer W. E. Duits, Amsterdam; Erdmann & Hethey, sale Amsterdam (Muller), 15 October 1918, no. 5 (to Goudstikker); J. Goudstikker Collection (1897-1940), Amsterdam; Nystad Antiquairs n.v., The Hague, Netherlands to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 30 August 1966.
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Bibliography
  • Luuk Pijl, "The Paintings of Karel du Jardin. Catalogue Raisonne, J.M. Kilian," Burlington Magazine Vol. 148 (2006), 126–127
  • Jennifer M. Kilian, The Paintings of Karel du Jardin (1626–1678): Catalogue Raisonné (Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2005), 84, 177-178, 303, 359, pl. 60
  • Frederik J. Duparc and Linda Graif, Italian Recollections: Dutch Painters of the Golden Age (Quebec: Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, 1990), 121, 126–127
  • Andrew Carnduff Ritchie and Katherine Neilson, Selected Paintings and Sculpture from the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1972), no. 22, ill.
  • Wilhelm Martin, De hollandsche schilderkunst in de zeventiende eeuw, vol. 2 (Amsterdam: J.M. Meulenhoff, 1942), 356
  • C.W.H. Baard, Abraham Bredius, and Simon Maris, Cata´logo de pintores holandeses: dibujos, escultura, litografi´a y arte aplicado, llevados por la Comisio´n del Consejo para las artes representativas de la Comisio´n holandesa en el extranjero (Amsterdam: J. Kasteel van Aemstel, 1921), no. 29
  • Jacques Goudstikker, Collectie Goudstikker (The Hague: Pulchri Studio, 1919), no. no. 34
  • C Hofstede de Groot, Beschreibendes und kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke der hervorragendsten holländischen Maler des XVII. Jahrhunderts, 9 (Paris: Esslingen am Neckar, 1907–28), p. 394, no. 355
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Subject

men soldier

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